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Book SynopsisThis newest edition of Principles of Lithography reflects the continuing advancement of lithographic technology. In recent years, certain topics, such as line-edge roughness (LER), multi-electron-beam writers, and nonlinear overlay models, have become much more significant to practicing lithographers, and more extensive treatments are therefore provided. EUV lithography is on the threshold for use in high-volume manufacturing, at nodes where a number of complex phenomena are relevant, and the chapter on EUV lithography has been expanded accordingly. New references and homework problems have been added. It is expected that the reader of this book will have a foundation in basic physics and chemistry. No topics will require knowledge of mathematics beyond elementary calculus.Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview of Lithography Problems Chapter 2 Optical Pattern Formation 2.1 The Problem of Imaging 2.2 Aerial Images 2.3 The Contributions of Physics and Chemistry 2.4 Focus Problems References Chapter 3 Photoresists 3.1 Positive and Negative Resists 3.2 Adhesion Promotion 3.3 Resist Spin Coating, Softbake, and Hardbake 3.4 Photochemistry of Novolak/DNQ g- and i-line Resists 3.5 Acid-Catalyzed DUV Resists 3.6 Development and Post-Exposure Bakes 3.7 Operational Characterization 3.8 Line-Edge Roughness 3.9 Multilayer Resist Processes Problems References Chapter 4 Modeling and Thin-Film Effects 4.1 Models of Optical Imaging 4.2 Aberrations 4.3 Modeling Photochemical Reactions 4.4 Thin-Film Optical Effects 4.5 Post-Exposure Bakes 4.6 Methods for Addressing the Problems of Reflective Substrates 4.7 Development 4.8 Quantum Effects and Modeling 4.9 Summary of Modeling Problems References Chapter 5 Wafer Steppers and Scanners 5.1 Overview 5.2 Light Sources 5.3 Illumination Systems 5.4 Reduction Lenses 5.5 Autofocus Systems 5.6 The Wafer Stage 5.7 Scanning 5.8 Dual-Stage Exposure Tools 5.9 Lithography Exposure Tools before Steppers Problems References Chapter 6 Overlay 6.1 Alignment Systems 6.1.1 Classification of alignment systems 6.1.2 Optical methods for alignment and wafer-to-reticle referencing 6.1.3 Number of alignment marks 6.2 Overlay Models 6.3 Matching 6.4 Process-Dependent Overlay Effects Problems References Chapter 7 Masks and Reticles 7.1 Overview 7.2 Mask Blanks 7.3 Mechanical Optical-Pattern Generators 7.4 Electron-Beam Lithography and Single-Beam Mask Writers 7.5 Multi-Electron-Beam Mask Writers 7.6 Optical Mask Writers 7.7 Resists for Mask Making 7.8 Etching 7.9 Pellicles 7.10 Mask-Defect Inspection and Repair Problems References Chapter 8 Confronting the Diffraction Limit 8.1 Off-Axis Illumination 8.2 Optical Proximity Effects 8.3 The Mask-Error Enhancement Factor (MEEF) 8.4 Phase-Shifting Masks 8.5 Putting It All Together Problems References Chapter 9 Metrology 9.1 Linewidth Measurement 9.1.1 Linewidth measurement using scanning electron microscopes 9.1.2 Scatterometry 9.1.3 Electrical linewidth measurement 9.2 Measurement of Overlay Problems References Chapter 10 Immersion Lithography and the Limits of Optical Lithography 10.1 Immersion Lithography 10.2 The Diffraction Limit 10.3 Improvements in Optics 10.4 Maximum Numerical Aperture 10.5 The Shortest Wavelength 10.6 Improved Photoresists 10.7 Flatter Wafers 10.8 How Low Can k1 Go? 10.9 How Far Can Optical Lithography Be Extended? 10.10 Multiple Patterning 10.11 Interferometric Lithography Problems References Chapter 11 Lithography Costs 11.1 Cost-of-Ownership 11.1.1 Capital costs 11.1.2 Consumables 11.1.3 Mask costs 11.1.4 Rework 11.1.5 Metrology 11.1.6 Maintenance costs 11.1.7 Labor costs 11.1.8 Facilities costs 11.2 Mix-and-Match Strategies Problems References Chapter 12 Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography 12.1 Background and Multilayer Reflectors 12.2 EUV Lithography System Overview 12.3 EUV Masks 12.4 Sources and Illuminators 12.5 EUV Optics 12.6 EUV Resists Problems References Chapter 13 Alternative Lithography Techniques 13.1 Proximity X-ray Lithography 13.2 Electron-Beam Direct-Write Lithography 13.2.1 Single-beam direct-write systems 13.2.2 Multiple-electron-beam direct-write systems 13.2.3 Cell-projection lithography 13.2.4 Scattering-mask electron-projection lithography 13.3 Ion-Projection Lithography 13.4 Imprint Lithography 13.5 Directed Self-Assembly Problems References Appendix A Coherence Problems References

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Book SynopsisARM Microcontrollers: Theory and Practical Applications provides students with a concise yet complete introduction to embedded systems, namely microcontroller products based on the ARM microprocessor.Opening chapters offer students an introduction to digital logic, embedded system, and ARM processors, covering such topics as CMOS logic, number systems, embedded system design, and Cortex-M4 architecture. Additional chapters explore ARM Cortex-M assembly language, C programming in embedded systems, and peripheral modules, which provides many examples of how to program peripherals like Timers, ADC, PWM, UART, and more. Students learn about interrupts and exceptions, Bluetooth low energy, and Wi-Fi. The final chapter features nine projects designed to help students connect what they learn within the textbook to real-world applications, including traffic light controllers, smart plant watering systems, weather stations, solar panel trackers, and more. Exercises within each chapter encourage engagement and a collection of helpful appendices provide students with the reference materials they need to complete projects and apply critical skillsets.Featuring a highly accessible and practical approach, ARM Microcontrollers is an ideal textbook for courses and programs in electrical engineering.

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Book SynopsisNet neutrality is the most contested Internet access policy of our time. This book offers an in-depth explanation of the concept, addressing its history since 1999, its engineering, the policy challenges it represents and its legislation and regulation. Various case studies are presented, including Specialized Services and Content Delivery Networks for video over the Internet, and the book goes on to examine the future of net neutrality battles in Europe, the United States and developing countries, as well as offering co-regulatory solutions based on FRAND and non-exclusivity. It will be a must-read for researchers and advocates in the net neutrality debate, as well as those interested in the context of communications regulation, law and economic regulation, human rights discourse and policy, and the impact of science and engineering on policy and governance.Trade Review‘This volume represents a truly comprehensive analysis of network neutrality up until June 2016. The meticulous research and referencing means that the text is a complete description at that date and provides the perfect foundation for additional work.The writing style of the author is readily accessible and exceptionally readable. This is important for a text to have an audience beyond academia. In particular, the description in Chapter 4 of the way in which the European Union, in its various forms, created ‘a messy compromise’ law was fascinating. This chapter provides a fabulous case study in European Union regulatory decision making.’Telecoms Policy Review‘Network neutrality, also known as net neutrality, is a hot-button topic that is never far from the headlines.’Janet Kearney, Law Library Journal, 2018 -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: neutrality, discrimination and common carriage 1. A brief history of net neutrality law 2. The limits of competition law and communications regulation 3. Noam's Ark and the Zettaflood: towards specialized services? 4. European Open Internet regulation 5. Three wise monkeys of net neutrality: privacy, liability and interception6. Open Internet self-regulation in the UK 7. Implementing mobile net neutrality 8. Net neutrality postponed Index

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Book SynopsisNet neutrality is the most contested Internet access policy of our time. This book offers an in-depth explanation of the concept, addressing its history since 1999, its engineering, the policy challenges it represents and its legislation and regulation. Various case studies are presented, including Specialized Services and Content Delivery Networks for video over the Internet, and the book goes on to examine the future of net neutrality battles in Europe, the United States and developing countries, as well as offering co-regulatory solutions based on FRAND and non-exclusivity. It will be a must-read for researchers and advocates in the net neutrality debate, as well as those interested in the context of communications regulation, law and economic regulation, human rights discourse and policy, and the impact of science and engineering on policy and governance.Trade Review‘This volume represents a truly comprehensive analysis of network neutrality up until June 2016. The meticulous research and referencing means that the text is a complete description at that date and provides the perfect foundation for additional work.The writing style of the author is readily accessible and exceptionally readable. This is important for a text to have an audience beyond academia. In particular, the description in Chapter 4 of the way in which the European Union, in its various forms, created ‘a messy compromise’ law was fascinating. This chapter provides a fabulous case study in European Union regulatory decision making.’Telecoms Policy Review‘Network neutrality, also known as net neutrality, is a hot-button topic that is never far from the headlines.’Janet Kearney, Law Library Journal, 2018 -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: neutrality, discrimination and common carriage 1. A brief history of net neutrality law 2. The limits of competition law and communications regulation 3. Noam's Ark and the Zettaflood: towards specialized services? 4. European Open Internet regulation 5. Three wise monkeys of net neutrality: privacy, liability and interception6. Open Internet self-regulation in the UK 7. Implementing mobile net neutrality 8. Net neutrality postponed Index

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Book SynopsisThis book titled Adaptive Filtering: Principles, Concepts and Applications covers principles, concepts and applications of adaptive filtering. The development of adaptive filtering started in 1976 and widely developed over different application areas. It is certainly not our ambition to cover everything of adaptive filtering principles and applications. Rather, this edited book features the latest methodological, technical and practical progress on promoting the successful use of adaptive filtering principles and applications, which are more useful in the current day scenario. The book contains ten chapters contributed by the experts in the area of adaptive filtering throughout the world. The various applications addressed are MIMO receivers, adaptive exon prediction for DNA analysis, beam steering for smart antennas for mobile applications, telecardiology systems, physiological signal analysis, brain computer interface applications, speech signal conditioning, filtering thoracic electrical bio-impedance, and inter symbol interference cancellation in wireless communication systems. The intended audience of this book will mainly consist of researchers, research students and practitioners in adaptive filtering and applications. The book is also of interest to researchers and industrial practitioners in areas such as algorithm developers, biomedical engineering, biomedical instrumentation, VLSI circuits design, and embedded systems. This edited book will present research outcomes on theoretical and technical issues related to real time applications.

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Book SynopsisStep-by-step instructions to building more than 30 fascinating devices are included in this book for workbench warriors and grown-up geeks. Detailed illustrations and diagrams explain how to construct a simple radio with a soldering iron, a few basic circuits, and three shiny pennies. Instructions are included for a rotary steam engine that requires a candle, a soda can, a length of copper tubing, and just 15 minutes. To use optics to roast a hot dog, no electricity or stove is required, just a flexible plastic mirror, a wooden box, a little algebra, and a sunny day. Also included are experiments most science teachers probably never demonstrated, such as magnets that levitate in midair, metals that melt in hot water, a Van de Graaff generator made from a pair of empty soda cans, and lasers that transmit radio signals. Every experiment is followed by an explanation of the applicable physics or chemistry.Trade Review"Field's book does not depend on high-tech equipment... his experiments range from the disarming... to the useful..." -- Publishers Weekly."A fine selection of his best stuff and is great for an introductory gift." --Kevin Kelly, former editor of Wired magazine"Excellent." -- Science Books & FilmsTable of ContentsPreface; Introduction: Ride the High Country or "They Went Thataway"; Cowboy Codes: Straight & Pure & All Boy; When We were Young: Nostalgia & the Cowboy Hero; Arms & the Man: The Friendly Gun; Give Me My Boots & Saddles: Camp Cowboy; Tall in the Saddle: Romance on the Range; White Hats & White Heroes: Who Is That Other Guy?; Virgin Land: Landscape, Nature, & Masculinity; Corporate Cowboys & the Shaping of a Nation; Postscript - The Frontiersman (1938); List of Films Mentioned; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisWith information on the subject of dielectric materials, this volume brings important updates to electronic device engineers and researchers in the area of ferroelectric materials. Topics include materials, processes, properties, and electronic devices based on these materials and systems. Proceedings of the symposium held at the 103rd Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, April 22-25, 2001, in Indiana; Ceramic Transactions, Volume 131.Table of ContentsPoisson's Ratios in High-Coupling Ferroelectric Ceramics (A. Ballato). Determination of Binder Decomposition Kinetics for PVB-BaTiO3-Pt Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors (S.J. Lombardo and R.V. Shende). Characterization of the Sol-Gel Derived PZT Thick Films on Metal Substrates (J. Cheng, W. Zhu, N.Li, L.E. Cross and Z. Meng). A Study on Hot-Pressed 0.3PAN-0.7PZT Piezoelectric Ceramics (Y. Xu, D. Shi, S. Li, P. Wang and S. Tian). Rare-Earth Metal Doping Effects on the Piezoelectric Properties of Pb(Zr,Ti)O3-Pb(Mn,Sb)O3 Ceramics (Y. Gao, K. Uchino and D. Viehland). Studies on Dielectric Behavior of Ni0.8Zn0.2Fe2O4 Processed through Novel Techniques (R.V. Mangalaraja, S. Ananthakumar, P. Manohar and F.D. Gnanam). High Breakdown Strength and High Dielectric Constant Capacitors in the Strontium Zirconate and Strontium Titanate Solid Solution System (S.J. Lombardo, R.V. Shende and D.S. Krueger). Preparation and Characterization of Sr0.5Ba0.5Nb2O6 Ceramic Fibers through Sol-Gel Processing (M. Toyoda and K. Shirono). Current Topics in the Field of Materials Technology of BME-MLCCs (T. Nomura and Y. Nakano). Formation of Titanium Dioxide Micropattern by Direct Synthesis from Aqueous Solution and Transcription of Resist Pattern (N. Ozawa, H. Yabe and T. Yao). Study of Surface Donor-Acceptor Active Centers Distributions during Ceramics Ball Milling (M.M. Sychov, O.A. Cheremisina, V.G. Korsakov, S.V. Mjakin, V.V. Popov, N.V. Zakharova and L.B. Svatovskaya). Modeling of Nonlinear Phenomena during Deformation of Interparticle Necks by Diffusion-Controlled Creep (A. Maximenko, O. VanDerBiest and E.A. Olevsky). Manufacture and Characterization of Low-Temperature Sintered CO2Z Ceramics (S. Wang, L. Li, Z. Gui, S. Su and J. Zhou). Fabrication and Cofiring Behaviors of Low-Sintering Monolithic Piezoelectric Transformers (L. Li, R. Zuo and Z. Gui). Functionally Gradient Relaxor Dielectric Composites with X7R Characteristics (Z. Gui, R. Zuo, C. Ji and L. Li). Dielectric, Peizoelectric, and Ferroelectric Properties of PMN-PNN-PZT Quarternary System (X. Guo, J. Cheng, Z. Meng and H. Chen). Optimization of Ferrite Powder Processing by Characterization of Slurry Properties (J. Wrba and R. Lucke). Manufacturing of Advanced Dielectric Coatings by Thermal Spraying (A. Killinger). Electrical Properties of Barium Titanate Thick Films (C.R. Foschini, B.D. Stojanovic, J.A. Varela, V.B. Pavlovic, V.M. Pavlovic and V. Pejovic). Microwave Dielectric Properties of Al2O3-MgO-REOx (RE: Rare Earth) Systems and their Application to New LTCC (H. Kagata and H. Katsumura). An Ultrasonic Motor for Catheter Applications (S. Cagatay, B. Koc and K. Uchino). Grain Size Dependence of High-Power Piezoelectric Characteristics in a Soft PZT (C. Sakaki and K. Uchino). High Power Piezoelectrics of (1-x)Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-xPbTiO3 Single Crystals (S. Priya, U. Belegundu, A. Carazo and K. Uchino). Residual Stress in High-Capacitance BME-MLCCS (Y. Nakano, D. Iwanaga, T. Hibi, M. Miyauchi and T. Nomura). Processing of Pb-Ba-Zr-Ti-Based Dielectrics for High-Power Capacitor Applications (R.J. Rayne, T.J. Jessen, B.A. Bender, M. Kahn and M.T. Chase). Additive Interactions in Aqueous BaTiO3 Suspension (C.-C. Li and J.-H. Jean). Aqueous Tape Casting of Surface-Modified Cordierite Glass-Ceramics Powders (S. Mei, J.M.F. Ferreira, J. Yang and R. Martins). Embedding a Passive Material Layer in Low-Temperature Cofired Packing (E.R. Twiname, G.L. Messing and C.A. Randall). Recent Topics in Ferrite Materials for Multilayer Chip Components (A. Nakano, H. Ichikawa, I. Nakahata, M. Endo and T. Nomura). Lead-Free Multilayer Dielectric System for Telecommunications (R.L. Wahlers, S.J. Stein, C.Y.D. Huang, M.R. Heinz and A.H. Feingold). Microwave Dielectric Characterization of Ferroelectric Ceramics with Sleeve Resonator Techniques (R.G. Geyer, P. Kabos and J. Baker-Jarvis). Field Dependence of the Dielectric Properties of Barium Strontium Titanate Single Crystals (D. Garcia, R. Guo and A.S. Bhalla). Electric Field Dependence of Dielectric Behavior of (Sr1-xPbx)TiO3 (Y. Somiya, R. Guo, A.S. Bhalla and L.E. Cross). Lattice Dynamics and Dielectric Properties of Ferroelectric Thin Films for Frequency Agile Devices (X.X. Xi, A.A. Sirenko, I.A. Akimov, A.M. Clark and J.-H. Hao).

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Book SynopsisFor over a decade, Andrew 'bunnie' Huang has shaped the fields of hacking and hardware, from his cult-classic book Hacking the Xbox to the open-source laptop Novena and his mentorship of various hardware startups and developers. Here Huang shares his experiences in manufacturing and open hardware, creating an illuminating and compelling career retrospective. With highly detailed passages on the ins and outs of manufacturing and a comprehensive take on the issues associated with open source hardware, The Hardware Hacker is an invaluable resource for aspiring hackers and makers.Trade Review“Hardware, says Bunnie Huang, is a world without secrets: if you go deep enough, even the most important key is expressed in silicon or fuses. His is a world without mysteries, only unexplored spaces. This is a look inside a mind without peer.” —Edward Snowden “A tour-de-force that combines the many genius careers of one of the world’s great hacker-communicators: practical, theoretical, philosophical and often mind-blowing. Huang isn’t just explaining how to make things, he’s peeling back the roofs of factories, the surfaces of microcontrollers, and even the human genome. The secret workings of our world are laid bare and the levers by which they may be moved are put in the reader’s hands.” —Cory Doctorow, Author of Little Brother and technology activist “bunnie lives in the world of hardware where the solder meets the PCB. He has more practical experience and is a better teacher of how the ecosystem of hardware works than any other person I’ve ever met, and I know a lot of people in this space. He has rendered this experience and expertise into an amazing book—a hacker’s-point-of-view-bible to anyone trying to work in or understand and work in the emerging and evolving world of hardware.” —Joi Ito, Director, MIT Media LabTable of ContentsPART 1: Adventures in ManufacturingChapter 1: Made in ChinaChapter 2: Inside Three Very Different FactoriesChapter 3: The Factory FloorPART 2: Thkinking Differently: Intellectual Property in ChinaChapter 4: Gongkai InnovationChapter 5: Fake GoodsPART 3: What Open Hardware Means to MeChapter 6: The Story of ChumbyChapter 7: Novena: Building My Own LaptopChapter 8: Chibitronics: Creating Circuit StickersPART 4: A Hacker's PerspectiveChapter 9: Hardware HackingChapter 10: Biology and BioinformaticsChapter 11: Selected InterviewsEpilogueAfterword

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Book SynopsisReal-world engineering problems often require concurrent optimisation of several design objectives, which are conflicting in most of the cases. Such an optimisation is generally called multi-objective or multi-criterion optimisation. The area of research that applies evolutionary methodologies to multi-objective optimisation is of special and growing interest. It brings a solution to many yet-opened real-world problems and questions. Generally, multi-objective engineering problems have no single optimal design, but several solutions of equal efficiency allowing different trade-offs. The decision maker''s preferences are normally used to select the most adequate design. Such preferences may be dictated before or after the optimisation takes place. They may also be introduced interactively at different levels of the optimisation process. Multi-objective optimisation methods can be subdivided into classical and evolutionary. The classical methods usually aim at a single solution while the evolutionary methods target a whole set of so-called Pareto-optimal solutions. The aim of this book is to provide a representation of the state-of-the-art of the evolutionary multi-objective optimisation research area and related new trends. Furthermore, it reports many innovative designs yielded by the application of such optimisation methods. The contents of the book are divided into two main parts: evolutionary multi-objective optimisation and evolutionary multi-objective designs.

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Book SynopsisThis unique resource provides a detailed understanding of the options for harvesting energy from localized, renewable sources to supply power to autonomous wireless systems. Practitioners are introduced to a variety of types of autonomous system and wireless networks and discover the capabilities of existing battery-based solutions, RF solutions, and fuel cells. The book focuses on the most promising harvesting techniques, including solar, kinetic, and thermal energy. Professionals also learn the implications of the energy harvesting techniques on the design of the power management electronics in a system. This in-depth reference discusses each energy harvesting approach in detail, comparing and contrasting its potential in the field.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Wireless Devices and Sensor Networks. Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting. Kinetic Energy Harvesting. Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting. Power Management Electronics. Energy Storage. Case Study: Adaptive Energy-Aware Sensor Networks. Concluding Remarks.

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Book SynopsisThe purpose of this book is to provide data needed to predict the interference potential of various UWB signals. The results will be useful for regulatory agencies that are currently charged with defining UWB emission limits and corresponding compliance measurement procedures. They will also be useful to the ultrawideband communications industry, which will only thrive if compliance measurement procedures fairly evaluate interference potential of all UWB signals. The approach is to inject carefully characterised interference into an operating narrow-band receiver and measure susceptibility of the receiver with precisely defined signal quality metrics. Data is then analysed to determine if there are common signal characteristics that predict interference potential. The victim receiver chosen for this interference susceptibility test is C-band satellite digital television (DTV). This receiver demodulates signals transmitted in the 3.7 to 4.2 GHz frequency range, which lies within the band allocated for UWB devices. The authors chose to generate the satellite signal in the laboratory rather than use an unpredictable live signal, to generate interference signals with a vector signal generator rather than rely solely on prototype devices, and to perform signal and system characterisation measurements primarily with the vector signal analyser to provide comprehensive data capable of being post-processed in many ways.

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Book SynopsisThis important book presents the latest research in solid state electronics which includes applications of solid-state physics and technology to electronics, including theory and design, measurement techniques, preparation of semiconductor devices, and also materials growth, measurement and evaluation; the physics and modelling of submicron and nanoscale microelectronic devices, including methods of processing, measurement, and evaluation; and applications of numerical methods to the modelling and simulation of solid-state devices and processes.

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Book SynopsisWireless voice and data communications have made great improvements, with connectivity now virtually ubiquitous. Users are demanding essentially perfect transmission and reception of voice and data. The infrastructure that supports this wide connectivity and nearly error-free delivery of information is complex, costly, and continually being improved. This resource describes the mathematical methods and practical implementations of linearization techniques for RF power amplifiers for mobile communications. This includes a review of RF power amplifier design for high efficiency operation. Readers are also provided with mathematical approaches to modeling nonlinear dynamical systems, which can be applied in the context of modeling the PA for identification in a pre-distortion system. This book also describes typical approaches to linearization and digital pre-distortion that are used in practice.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Models, Modeling, and Simulation; Linear Systems and Identification; Modeling PA Nonlinearities; Memory Effects; Nonlinear Dynamical Models; Digital Pre-Distortion; Crest Factor Reduction of Digital Communication Signals; RF Pre-distortion; Frequency Domain Models

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the theory of adjoint sensitivity analysis for high frequency applications through time-domain electromagnetic simulations in MATLAB®. This theory enables the efficient estimation of the sensitivities of an arbitrary response with respect to all parameters in the considered problem. These sensitivities are required in many applications including gradient-based optimization, surrogate-based modeling, statistical analysis, and yield analysis. Using the popular FDTD method, the book shows how wideband sensitivities can be efficiently estimated for different types of materials and structures, and includes plenty of well explained MATLAB® examples to help readers absorb the content more easily and to make the theory more understandable to the broadest possible audience. Topics covered include a review of FDTD and an introduction to adjoint sensitivity analysis; the adjoint variable method for frequency-independent constitutive parameters; sensitivity analysis for frequency-dependent objective functions; transient adjoint sensitivity analysis; adjoint sensitivity analysis with dispersive materials; adjoint sensitivity analysis of anisotropic structures; nonlinear adjoint sensitivity analysis; second-order adjoint sensitivities; and advanced topics.Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to sensitivity analysis approaches Chapter 2: Introduction to FDTD Chapter 3: The adjoint variable method for frequency-independent constitutive parameters Chapter 4: Sensitivity analysis for frequency-dependent objective functions Chapter 5: Transient adjoint sensitivity analysis Chapter 6: Adjoint sensitivity analysis with dispersive materials Chapter 7: Adjoint densitivity analysis of anisotropic structures Chapter 8: Nonlinear adjoint sensitivity analysis Chapter 9: Second-order adjoint sensitivities Chapter 10: Advanced topics

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Book SynopsisA New York Times Bestseller!Our world is about to change.In Digital Destiny: How the New Age of Data Will Change the Way We Live, Work, and Communicate, Shawn DuBravac, chief economist and senior director of research at the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), argues that the groundswell of digital ownership unfolding in our lives signals the beginning of a new era for humanity. Beyond just hardware acquisition, the next decade will be defined by an all-digital lifestyle and the “Internet of Everything”—where everything, from the dishwasher to the wristwatch, is not only online, but acquiring, analyzing, and utilizing the data that surrounds us. But what does this mean in practice?It means that some of mankind’s most pressing problems, such as hunger, disease, and security, will finally have a solution. It means that the rise of driverless cars could save thousands of American lives each year, and perhaps hundreds of thousands more around the planet. It means a departure from millennia-old practices, such as the need for urban centers. It means that massive inefficiencies, such as the supply chains in Africa allowing food to rot before it can be fed to the hungry, can be overcome. It means that individuals will have more freedom in action, work, health, and pursuits than ever before.Trade Review"Very thought-provoking..." --VINT CERF, Internet pioneer and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google "Shawn DuBravac works at the epicenter of technology and society... When he talks, I listen." --DOUG SOLOMON, former Chief Strategy Officer at Apple "Digital Destiny is a clear and brilliant overview of the revolution yet to come, grounded in what has already come to pass." --PAUL SAFFO, futurist and forecaster "DuBravac takes readers on a non-stop trip to our data-driven, 3D-printed, sensor-rich, autonomous, and automated near future." --LARRY DOWNES, New York Times bestselling author "A welcome antidote to the now all too common stream of ill-informed anti-technology screeds that seek to convince us that the digital revolution is a force for ill." --ROBERT ATKINSON, author of Innovation Economics "DuBravac's message is clear: the digital revolution will profoundly change how we communicate with one another and with the world around us." --TYLER COWEN, one of Foreign Policy magazine's Top 100 Global ThinkersTable of ContentsForeword by Gary Shapiro Introduction Chapter 1: The Beginning of Our Voyage and the Properties of Data Chapter 2: The Seeds of Our Digital Destiny Chapter 3: When Data Is Digitized Chapter 4: The Sensorization of Objects Chapter 5: Second-Order Effects of Digital Data Chapter 6: In the Year 2025 Chapter 7: Driverless Cars and the New Digital Age of Travel Chapter 8: The Internet of Me! Chapter 9: The Mass Customization of Entertainment Chapter 10: Healthcare in a Digital Age Chapter 11: Of Politics, Data, and Digital Revolutions Chapter 12: Culture Shock Chapter 13: Economics and Business in a Digital Age Chapter 14: The Parallel Evolution of Digital Data, Law, and Public Policy Chapter 15: The Year Is 1450

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Book SynopsisThe Electronic Device Failure Analysis Society proudly announces the Seventh Edition of the Microelectronics Failure Analysis Desk Reference, published by ASM International. The new edition will help engineers improve their ability to verify, isolate, uncover, and identify the root cause of failures. Prepared by a team of experts, this updated reference offers the latest information on advanced failure analysis tools and techniques, illustrated with numerous real-life examples.Topics include: Failure Analysis Process and Management—wafer, package, and board level failure analysis flow. Incoming Inspection Tools—optical, x-ray, and scanning acoustic microscopy. Fault Isolation—front and backside sample prepara­tion, CAD navigation, laser-assisted device alteration (LADA), soft defect location (SDL), lock-in thermog­raphy, laser voltage probing (LVP), photon emission, EOTPR/TDR/TDT, and current imaging. Device and Circuit Characterization—scanning electron microscopy (SEM)-based and atomic force microscopy (AFM)-based nanoprobing. FIB Technique and Circuit Edit— FIB overview and advanced circuit edit for first silicon debug. Physical Analysis—deprocessing, cross section analysis, scanning electron microscopy, material analysis techniques, transmission electron micros­copy (TEM), and scanning probe microscopy. Memory FA—DRAM, semiconductor memory failure signature analysis. Special Applications—automotive FA, 2.5 and 3D packaging failure analysis, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), optoelectronics, solar, and counterfeit electronics. Fundamental Topics—integrated circuit testing, analog design, reliability, quality, and training. Seven new topics have been added and all themes covered in earlier editions are included in the Seventh Edition. Many previous articles have been updated.

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Book SynopsisLarge-scale battery packs are needed in hybrid and electric vehicles, utilities grid backup and storage, and frequency-regulation applications. In order to maximize battery-pack safety, longevity, and performance, it is important to understand how battery cells work. This first of its kind new resource focuses on developing a mathematical understanding of how electrochemical (battery) cells work, both internally and externally.This comprehensive resource derives physics-based micro-scale model equations, then continuum-scale model equations, and finally reduced-order model equations. This book describes the commonly used equivalent-circuit type battery model and develops equations for superior physics-based models of lithium-ion cells at different length scales.This book presents a breakthrough technology called the "discrete-time realization algorithm" that automatically converts physics-based models into high-fidelity approximate reduced-order models.Table of ContentsBattery Boot Camp; Equivalent-Circuit Models; Microscale Cell Models; Continuum-Scale Cell Models; State-Space Models and the Discrete-Time Realization Algorithm; Reduced-Order Models; Thermal Modeling.

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Book SynopsisThe third edition of Artech House's bestseller brings together a team of leading experts to provide a current and comprehensive treatment of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). Packed with brand new material, this book contains new chapters on the system engineering details of GPS, European Galileo system, Chinese Beidou systems, GLONASS, and regional systems, such as Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) and Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC). It investigates the integration of GNSS with other sensors and network assistance. This book includes new coverage of GNSS receivers, disruptions, errors, stand-alone GNSS performance, differential and precise point positioning. It will teach readers how to build GNSS receivers and integrate them into navigational and communications equipment. It also discuss how similar technology is affecting the marketplace and where best to invest in a company's resources.Trade ReviewThe previous two editions of this classic treatment on GPS played an important role in my classrooms to educate our next generation GNSS experts. This new edition is further strengthened with additional coverage on new GNSS and RNSS including GLONASS, BDS, QZSS, and NavIC as well as recent advances in navigation technologies such as precise point positioning (PPP) and hybrid positioning systems. To address the demands on growing new applications of navigation technology, the book provided a timely coverage on techniques to integrate GNSS with low cost inertial sensors and other RF signals available on mobile devices for indoor and other areas with GNSS signal blockage. I am looking forward to share these and other new materials in this new edition with my students. -- Jade Morton * Colorado State University *Table of ContentsFundamentals of Satellite Navigation; Global Positioning System; GLONASS; Galileo; BeiDou; Regional Systems; GNSS Receivers; GNSS Disruptions; GNSS Errors; Performance of Stand-Alone GNSS; Differential GNSS and Precise Point Positioning; Integration of GNSS with other Sensors and Network Assistance; GNSS Markets and Applications.

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Book SynopsisOver the past decade, new cutting-edge technologies have drastically changed the way radar and electronic warfare systems are implemented. This extensively revised and expanded edition of an Artech House bestseller delivers the most up-to-date overview of electronic defense systems. Bringing practitioners up-to-speed with the latest technological advances, the Third Edition details a completely new method of implementing these modern systems. Moreover, this edition is packed with updated illustrations of key assets, including aircraft, ships, and radars. Readers get a solid understanding of how sophisticated electronic warfare weapon systems work, and how these weapons can be intercepted and electronically jammed. From search and tracking radar, IR systems, and communication systems… to electronic intercept systems, countermeasures, and counter-countermeasures, the book explores a broad spectrum of defense equipment. It explains how these systems operate, the advantages and drawbacks of each system, and the theories on which these systems are based. This authoritative resource includes 180 illustrations and 400 equations that support key topics throughout the book.Trade ReviewThe first edition of the classic, Introduction to Electronic Defense Systems, was published in 1991, the second in 2006 and this, the 3rd, in 2018, thus clearly demonstrating the point author Filippo Neri makes about the increasing pace and impressive evolution of such technologies. The 3rd edition continues the pattern established in the earlier editions with the initial chapter providing an expanded overview of electronic defense systems and new concepts, threats and opportunities including cyber and Cyber Electromagnetic Activities. As such these 36 pages provide the context to understand the technological issues in the remaining 7 Chapters. Not unexpectedly, these are sometimes necessarily brief introductions to complex issues. However, besides providing context for what follows, they serve to whet the appetite of the reader and encourage further study. The up-to-date and comprehensive references complement this process well. The chapter running order is Electronic Defense; Sensors; Weapon Systems; Electronic Intercept Systems, Electronic Countermeasure Systems; Electronic Counter-Countermeasure Systems; New Electronic Defense Techniques and Technologies, and Design and Evaluation Criteria. The author notes that formulas and mathematical theory have been reduced to a minimum; that may well have been the intent but the 3rd edition includes 180 illustrations and around 400 equations! The book remains very readable throughout, with excellent diagrams and explanations of everything covered by a true master in the field and a great communicator. As mentioned, the structure of the 3rd edition follows that of the 2nd edition with additional material on new concepts and materials e.g. Artificial Intelligence and Gallium Nitride, to name just two. The 3rd edition is an evolution of the early editions and that makes perfect sense. The new edition is primarily aimed at those who are entering the world of Electronic Systems (Electronic Warfare, Signals Intelligence, CEMA, ISR, Navigation and NAVWAR, etc.) in a technical sense and deserves a place in everyone's personal library and in the industry. Given the accelerating pace of innovation, global threats and opportunities, there is likely to be an increasing audience for this book and others like it, covering warfare in the Electromagnetic manoeuvre warfare space, or EME / EM Domain. As the name implies, the book uses US terminology which diverged from NATO terminology some 25 years ago, but remained broadly comparable. However that changed very significantly in 2007 when the NATO Military Committee signed off a document on the future transformation of NATO Electronic Warfare (MCM-0142 27 Nov 2007); the major thrust of the new policy and concept was to recognise the Electromagnetic Environment (EME) as an operational environment or domain like all the others (Land, Air Maritime, etc) where the full range of manoeuvre activities - offence, defence, shaping, exploitation, management, etc. – take place. Provided the non-US NATO, and potentially other, reader understands this, Introduction to Electronic Defense Systems is an invaluable and outstanding guide and technical handbook. It is an ideal introduction for those who are starting in the field as system designers; to users and potential users, and to all concerned now or in the next decade in the procurement of such systems. These are exactly the target audiences identified in the Author's Preface. The author concludes the Preface with a wish that readers will find the book useful. I have no doubt that readers will in fact find the book invaluable and essential reading to help them for many years in making progress in their chosen careers. -- John Clifford * Wing Commander OBE MBCS CEng CITP RAF (Retd) *Table of ContentsElectronic Defense. Sensors. Weapon Systems. Electronic Intercept Systems. Electronic Countermeasures Systems. Electronic Counter-Countermeasures Systems. New Electronic Defense Techniques and Technologies. Design and Evaluation Criteria.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book that comprehensively addresses the issues relating to the effects of radio frequency (RF) signals and the environment of electrical and electronic systems. It covers testing methods as well as methods to analyze radio frequency. The generation of high-powered electromagnetic (HPEM) environments, including moderate band damped sinusoidal radiators and hyperband radiating systems is explored. HPEM effects on component, circuit, sub-system electronics, as well as system level drawing are discussed. The effects of HPEM on experimental techniques and the standards which can be used to control tests are described. The validity of analytical techniques and computational modeling in a HPEM effects context is also discussed.Insight on HPEM effects experimental techniques and the standards which can be used to control tests is provided, and the validity of analytical techniques and computational modeling in a HPEM effects context is discussed. This book dispels myths, clarifies good experimental practice and ultimately draws conclusions on the HPEM interaction with electronics. Readers will learn to consider the importance of HPEM phenomena as a threat to modern electronic based technologies which underpin society and to therefore be pre-emptive in the consideration of HPEM resilience.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Brief Review of RF Environments of Interest; Examples of RF Effects on Civilian and Military Systems; RF Effects on Electronics; Consequences of RF Effects on Electronic Systems; Characterization of RF Effects; RF Effects Mechanisms and Their Relation to Incident RF parameters; RF Effects Testing Methodologies; Methods to analyze RF Effects; Methods to detect RF Environments and EF Effects; Protection concepts and methods; Summary; .References

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Book SynopsisThis practical resource introduces readers to the design of field programmable gate array systems (FPGAs). Techniques and principles that can be applied by the engineer to understand challenges before starting a project are presented. The book provides a framework from which to work and approach development of embedded systems that will give readers a better understanding of the issues at hand and can develop solution which presents lower technical and programmatic risk and a faster time to market. Programmatic and system considerations are introduced, providing an overview of the engineering life cycle when developing an electronic solution from concept to completion. Hardware design architecture is discussed to help develop an architecture to meet the requirements placed upon it, and the trade-offs required to achieve the budget. The FPGA development lifecycle and the inputs and outputs from each stage, including design, test benches, synthesis, mapping, place and route and power estimation, are also presented. Finally, the importance of reliability, why it needs to be considered, the current standards that exist, and the impact of not considering this is explained. Written by experts in the field, this is the first book by "engineers in the trenches" that presents FPGA design on a practical level.Table of ContentsDesign Life Cycles; Requirement Capture; Architectural Design (Tradeoffs); Engineering Budgets; ICDs; Verification; Engineering Governance; Hardware Architecture; Test Plans; Designing the System; Component Selection; De-Rating; Connectorization; Decoupling; Design Integrity; PCB Layout Considerations; Bringing the Design Up; FPGA Development Overview; Good Design Practice; State Machines; Safer State Machines; How FPGAs do Maths; CORDIC Algorithm; Test Benches; Digital Filters within FPGAs; Interfacing ADC and DAC; What is Reliability; What does MTBF Mean?; Finding Your Place on the Bathtub Curve; Redundancy; Failure Mode; Worst Case Analysis; Reliability Figure Calculations.

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Book SynopsisThe book begins with four introductory chapters devoted to Boolean algebraic functions and Binary Decision Diagrams. The rest of the book is based on original results obtained by the author from 1994 to 2014 and reflected, in particular, in English-language conference and journal publications (ISLPD, ICCAD, ED&TC, ISQED, DATE, ACM transactions, etc.), and also in multiple publications in Russian. This manuscript is divided into two parts: Chapters One through Five discuss the theory and applications of decision diagrams, while Chapters Six through Nine concentrate on the theory and applications of logic correlations between circuit signals. Chapter Five contains the results on the BDD of a special type (SP-BDD) and their applications to analysis and optimization of digital CMOS circuits. The second part contains the results on theory and applications of logic correlations between circuit signals (logic implications). The following applications are considered: noise analysis of digital circuits (both functional and delay noise), timing analysis with detecting false paths, and digital circuit obfuscation. Chapter Nine explains the use of TDD (Ternary Decision Diagrams) in digital CMOS simulation with uncertaintyin particular, with power simulationand both with and without accounting for logic implications. The principal audiences for the book are mathematicians and software developers, primarily working in microelectronics CAD.

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